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Syntax-semantics mismatches in Mandarin Chinese /

This book serves as accessible reference work on Chinese grammar with a attributive function focus. It explores the nature of fake attributives. Four types of fake attributive are discussed: (1) subject-originated attributives, that is, fake possessives caused by the V-DE Constraint on Object (VDCO)...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhuang, Huibin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : [Beijing] : Springer ; Beijing Normal University Press, [2026]
Subjects:
Mandarin dialects > Syntax.
Mandarin dialects > Semantics.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • An Introduction to Fake Attributives
  • V-DE Constructions and Derivation of Fake Possessives
  • Resultative V-V Compounds and Fake Possessives thus derived
  • A Prosodic Perspective on De and fake possessives thus derived
  • VO Complex Verbs and Fake Possessives thus derived
  • Derivation of Fake Nominal Quantifiers
  • Adverbial⁃Originated Attributives
  • Conclusion.